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Inverness
City Centre
The Kitchen Restaurant
The Kitchen Restaurant Reviews

The Kitchen Restaurant

British, European, Scottish, Cake & Coffee

Dishes priced around£25

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Reviews of The Kitchen Restaurant (355)

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5.3/6

355 reviews

5.3/6

355 reviews

Food:Outstanding
Atmosphere:Excellent
Service:Excellent
Value for money:Great value
Waiting time:Exceptionally Good
Noise levels:Very pleasant
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"Very good"
5/6
Brun G.7 months ago · 1 review

Sehr gute Küche, Menukarte klein, vielleicht nicht für jeden Geschmack. Für uns super. Ein paar Getränke waren nicht erhältlich.

"Good"
4/6
Kareen L.8 months ago · 1 review

Great, friendly front of house staff. Limited menu choices for starter and main courses. 2 fish options, 2 vegetarian options or venison only!! I would like to see a wider variety of options on the menu before we return. Beautiful setting.

"Excellent"
6/6
Kathryn M.8 months ago · 1 review

Excellent experience. Service superb, food delicious. Lovely evening enjoyed by us all.

"Excellent"
6/6
Susan O.8 months ago · 1 review

First visit since lockdown. Staff were all friendly, courteous and extremely helpful. Food was excellent. Highly recommended.

"Very good"
5/6
Elise L.8 months ago · 1 review

recommended by our taxi driver and good advice, great meal

"Excellent"
6/6
Dana L.8 months ago · 1 review

Thoughtful, delicious food in a comfortable and friendly environment. Truly a gem!

"Average"
3/6
Brandon R.8 months ago · 1 review

I asked this group of 6 if they enjoyed their meal and their response was muted. They said it was okay but the menu was very limited and the food they chose was just 'okay'. This response is very similar to that of a group that visited with myself two weeks ago 5 persons without reservation. We all had the Mushroom and gnocchi broth as a main course and I was extremely disappointed with that as a main course. If anything it was nothing more than a very watery soup / starter with only four little pieces of gnocchi and some little mushrooms. The only saving grace was the position of the tables and the view from restaurant. So altogether a very poor experience and I will not be recommending the Kitchen to further customers.

"Very good"
5/6
Mairi K.8 months ago · 1 review

Gorgeous setting by the river. Excellent food although the portions of venison were smaller than expected.

"Very good"
5/6
Marius T.8 months ago · 1 review

Great food, very good service! Nice wine selection and spirits

"Excellent"
6/6
Louise M.8 months ago · 1 review

Great food and service with amazing view of Inverness and the ness

"Very good"
5/6
Heather A.8 months ago · 1 review

The menu was original and well executed. Service was great, but to be told as you’re being seated at 7.30 that you have the table for 2 hours, seems unwelcoming, and as it turns out, completely unnecessary since they were clearing up as we left just after 9.30

"Average"
3/6
Julie B.8 months ago · 1 review

Plats excellents. Service ordinaire. Table non débarrassée. Aucune ambiance. Très bonne nourriture mais on repassera pour l’expérience :-(

"Very good"
5/6
Charlie P.8 months ago · 2 reviews

What a great restaurant. Friendly staff, great location, great food and cocktails. Would definitely recommend.

"Very good"
5/6
Adam W.8 months ago · 1 review

We were on floor 2, by the open window with a table of Americans beside us. Not quiet... The food was very good. The only suggestion I could make was that the sauce with linguine and hot smoked salmon could have had some double cream (or similar) added as it was a tad dry. I would love to come again if/when back in Inverness.

"Very good"
5/6
Mike D.8 months ago · 1 review

Excellent staff, and good food made with verfresh and healthy ingredients.

"Excellent"
6/6
Fiona M.8 months ago · 1 review

Amazing food, what a great night. A must if you are visiting Inverness.

"Very good"
5/6
Charles S.8 months ago · 1 review

Good ambience,food and service throughout would definitely recommend and revisit

"Excellent"
6/6
kisung l.8 months ago · 1 review

food is good and service is excellence. we enjoy the dinner.

"Excellent"
6/6
Michael M.9 months ago · 4 reviews

The food and service were both exceptional. A wonderful birthday treat

"Not good "
2/6
Jesus R.9 months ago · 1 review

Overrated & dissapointed. 40mins just waiting for food. Then the food was not… well cooked? Slow cooked Lamb… They say… But chewy & tasteless? At least for me… Not a good experience… :(. It took me time to decide about what to order because nothing in the menu seemed to be tempting enough. I was about leaving… I expected much more from this place (about food). Good things: Service was very kind. And the environment, the views,… Very nice place at least.

"Excellent"
6/6
Veerle H.9 months ago · 1 review

Zeer lekker gegeten. Vriendelijke bediening. Prijs/kwaliteit was top ! Complimenten voor de chef

"Excellent"
6/6
Marcel H.9 months ago · 1 review

It was Top 🔝FOOD and just incredibly delicious 😋 CHEERS 🥃

"Very good"
5/6
Thor H.9 months ago · 1 review

Great experience and the venison was excellent! Will definitely recommend!

"Very good"
5/6
Kayla C.9 months ago · 2 reviews

The staff was friendly and great views of the river Ness.

"Excellent"
6/6
Brendan M.10 months ago · 1 review

Lovely window table with view over River Ness. Both had great meal, could not fault it and staff really attentive.

"Average"
3/6
Leonard M.10 months ago · 3 reviews

Have been here on numerous occasions over the years. This was by far the poorest food and service we have received in this retaurant. Pollock gougons were dark coloured and obviously overcooked. The salmon linguini was dry. Service was slow. Don't think we will be back for a while.

"Average"
3/6
Audrey W.10 months ago · 1 review

There were some issues although overall I do not think they would stop me visiting again as I suspect they both may have been due to a degree of understaffing or inexperienced staff. Two biggest issues were with the wait time for main course (around an hour from the starter) and that one of the main dishes was just not quite right (monkfish was slightly overcooked, poached egg was way overcooked with a solid yolk, and clam risotto has no evidence of clams and was slightly undercooked with a chalkiness to the rice with none of usual unctuousness/creaminess you would expect from risotto. (I would have complined on night but had already waited so long and had theatre performance to get to so did not). The gentleman who appeared to be the manager on the day of our visit seemed to have a good handle on things but our young waiter appeared very hurried and did not take the time to acknowledge/ apolgise or explain our very long wait for main courses which always helps. One main dish was from the a la carte menu while my two dinner companions had chosen from the early evening menu. It may have been that choosing from the a la carte was always going to result in a longer wait for its arrival but if so we should have been alerted and may have chosed differently. There were no issues with the one starter, two main courses and two desserts from the eary evening menu. The cocktails and wine were also very good.

"Very good"
5/6
Harold S.a year ago · 1 review

Staff were pleasant and attentive, food was excellent on taste and presentation surroundings are. Also very pleasant

"Very good"
5/6
Sheila L.a year ago · 1 review

We had a lovely family meal, food was delicious too.

"Very good"
5/6
Robert G.a year ago · 1 review

Usual very high standard. Thank you. We will visit again.

"Excellent"
6/6
Ian H.a year ago · 1 review

Great Food, Great Location, Great atmosphere, Best in Inverness centre

"Very good"
5/6
Elsie M.a year ago · 1 review

Our lunch was delicious and great value for money. We were served by very attentive staff and the view over the River Ness was a bonus.

"Excellent"
6/6
Alison W.a year ago · 1 review

Exceptional food and brilliant service in lovely surroundings. Love it here

"Good"
4/6
Quandoo Dinera year ago · 1 review

Lovely meal and great service. Although the 1st floor seating area was cold..

"Excellent"
6/6
Elaine M.a year ago · 1 review

Thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon catch up the food was delicious

"Very good"
5/6
Colin M.a year ago · 1 review

Great food and view, will recommend and will be back

"Excellent"
6/6
Graham R.a year ago · 1 review

EXCELLENT QUALITY FOOD AND SERVICE. LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT VISIT

"Excellent"
6/6
Gillian S.a year ago · 1 review

Lovely Mother's Day lunch. Great food at a great price.

"Excellent"
6/6
Raymond M.a year ago · 1 review

just great a really nice lunch on a cold Saturday

"Good"
4/6
alastair c.a year ago · 1 review

Last time we were here the menu was a lot more casual. I think the food was a little expensive for what it was and we all agreed was slightly limited. Almost like they are trying too hard. Waiters were good but service was a little slow. Good but not as good as previous visits.

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